madcow

Finished The Bonesetter's Daughter tonight. What a lovely book, a facinating insight into another culture and way of life. One to recommend. 7/10 Still listening to Kisscut, halfway through it. My only problem with audio books is that there has to be nothing else going on whilst i am listening to it or i get distracted.

You forgot to mention meeting Chewbacca, R2D2 and Mr Bronson (Grange Hill fame) amongst others

Aarrggghhhh, cheers babes, don't know when I'm going to get chance to read it . Hopefully sometime soon (ish) lol

Darn it, yet another to go on the TBR list!

Added it to my TBR list

Thanks PP he is. We've only had him 7 months he was 2 when we got him. He is now part of the family and we won't be without him

My memory is terrible so i have a big notebook that i carry around to add titles to and also to refer to when at the library or in a book shop. I'd be lost without it because i can never remember any of the books on my wish list

Marley sounds an awful lot like Jasper! That's him in my avatar, all 39 kilos of him. Love him to bits even when he's naughty

It certainly does.

Same here, I've set myself a challenge to read a few classics this year and this could be one of them.

Sounds good, another for the TBR list!

My copy of Johnny and the dead arrived today too. Note to self...I must find time to read both this one and Johnny and the bomb ASAP

Go for it PP, I loved it too. It left a lasting impression on me to.

Finished Torey Hayden's Ghost Girl today, this was the first of her books I have read and I have to say I enjoyed it. I'll look forward to reading some more of her books as and when I get the opportunity. Now starting The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan. LuLing Young is getting old and - while she still can - she begins to write down her memories of life as a girl in 1930's China. One day while tending to her ailing mother, LuLing's daughter Ruth uncovers this extraordinary memoir of a childhood spent in the remote mountain village known as Immortal Heart. In this ancient world, steeped in magic and superstition, lie the deep secrets of LuLing's heart and the tragic events that changed the path of her life..... Also listening to Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (my first venture into audio books!). Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember. But when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out Sara Linton - the town's paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy.....

Sounds interesting, just gonna add it to the list!

List updated after a trip to the library (L). Also going to try an audio book for the first time just need to find my personal cd player and batteries now . They didn't have a great selection but Karin Slaughter's Kisscut was only 50p for 3 weeks.

I need a career change ASAP :mrgreen:

I would be interested to know too

It's ok KW I know she doesn't mean it

:D

I'll lend you the copy you buy me for my birthday Kat

Following on from Gyre's question... Who would you like to see in the lead roles?

KW when you do get down to writing do you have to have a relaxed atmosphere? complete silence or do you listen to music and if so what? and do you manage to get any writing done when your family is at home?

You've lost me Gyre!!!!!

Finished Empress Orchid today. It was okay, it didn't grab me like Memoirs of a geisha did. Glad i've read it, there was some interesting parts to the book especially how the concubines lived and were treated, on the whole I'd give it 6/10. Starting Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden. Jadie never spoke, never laughed, never cried. She spent every waking hour locked in her own private world od shadows....